Ernest Moffitt
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== Life == |
== Life == |
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Moffitt was born in [[Bendigo, Victoria]] the son of John Thomas Lowry Moffitt, draper, and his wife Mary Emily, ''née'' Rogers. |
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Moffitt was born in [[Bendigo, Victoria]] the son of John Thomas Lowry Moffitt, draper, and his wife Mary Emily, ''née'' Rogers. He was educated at All Saints school, [[St. Kilda, Victoria|St. Kilda]], [[Melbourne]]. When [[Marshall Hall (musician)|Marshall Hall]] opened his conservatorium of music at the [[University of Melbourne]], Moffitt was the first student to enroll. Moffitt subsequently became secretary of the conservatorium and for a short while studied art at the [[National Gallery of Victoria|national gallery]] school at Melbourne. Moffitt was friendly with a group of the younger artists which included [[Lionel Lindsay|Lionel]] and [[Norman Lindsay]], did a little painting and etching, but was chiefly remarkable for his beautiful pen drawings. Three of these, reproduced in Lionel Lindsay's ''A Consideration of the Art of Ernest Moffitt'', are especially good, "The Old Well", "Zeehan Wharf", and "A Summer's Day". Moffitt also did three drawings for Hall's ''Hymn to [[Sydney]]''. |
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==Legacy== |
==Legacy== |
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